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the_crotch@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

0.33333… is what happens when you try to divide 10 by 3. This is because 10 is such a broken number that 1/3rd (a pretty common fraction) becomes an infinitely repeating decimal. In base12, 1/3rd is 4. Metric is broken by design because it’s based on base10. Lets take the lessons learned from the metric system and invent something new, something better, something base12.

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bufalo1973@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
And 12 doesn’t divide nicely by 5. So what?

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- the_crotch@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  How often in real life do you want a 5th of anything? Is it more often than a third or a quarter? I bet it’s not
  
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  - bufalo1973@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Now look at your money and repeat that.
    
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ramenshaman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Yes, I learned about fractions and decimals in elementary school.

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- the_crotch@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Then why are you simping for base10 when you know enough math to understand that base12 is superior
  
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  - ramenshaman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    
    Base 12 would be better in many cases but I just don’t see anybody switching anytime soon. We would pretty much have to start over.
    
    me in another comment
    
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FlorianSimon@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Not 0.4?!

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